Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament Alban Bagbin has true to his decision to stop wearing Speaker’s cloak on regular sitting days started in rather an usual manner.
Appearing in Parliament on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, the Speaker was dressed like a chief from the Volta region.
He was wearing a blue kente with spots of different designs and a white short sleeve jumper.
He was also adorned in ornaments from head to toe.
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, had announced that he would only be using the Speaker’s cloak for ceremonial occasions this year.
He said he would not wear the cloak on regular sitting days.
This, the Speaker said, forms part of his commitment to change the dress code and code of conduct of MPs.
He disclosed this in an interview on Ghana Television.
“You may be seeing me more in traditional dresses. I may use that [the cloak] only for ceremonial occasions, which is what is in the literature of Ghana concerning that cloak and gown.”
“We also have to provide the market for our produce. We cannot always rely on what others manufacture and sell to us when we are capable of manufacturing even better ones,” the Speaker added.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana